Gobindpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gobindpur in context

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GobindpurBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gobindpur plotted against Bihar and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gobindpur followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Bihar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Gobindpur ranked 238th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1736th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.42
Rank in India
1736th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
238th of 264

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GobindpurSan JosePonda

In new street additions, Gobindpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while San Jose fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ponda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Gobindpur became progressively more disconnected, while San Jose became progressively more disconnected and Ponda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Gobindpur had a more connected network than San Jose in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.